Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily could be forced to shut within days as the government freezes its company assets over a collusion-with-foreign-forces allegation, the newspaper said Monday.Prosecuted for breaching the national security law, the media group said after a board meeting that it will decide by Friday if the newspaper will cease operation after issuing the last copies on Saturday.A Reuters report quoted Mark Simon, an adviser to Jimmy Lai, founder of media company Next Digital Ltd. that publishes the outspoken newspaper, as saying that the assets freeze has affected the dail…READ FULL ARTICLE
